Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z

Final Developer Diary Talks About Art Style

You may have noticed that Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z sports a very different art style than the previous Ninja Gaiden games with Ryu. The latest and final developer diary for Yaiba explains why they went with the cel shaded, comic book-style visuals.

Keiji Inafune, conceptor of Yaiba, explains in the video that a realistic approach to the art style would result in grotesque moments. The comic-style visuals will instead let those moments be exciting and work better with humor, according to Inafune and other developers.